Cegedel
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{{Infobox company
|name = Cegedel S.A.
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|type = Public
|location_city = 2, rue Thomas Edison, Strassen
|location_country = Luxembourg
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|key_people = Roland Michel, Chairman
Romain Becker, CEO
|area_served = Luxembourg
|industry = Electricity distribution
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|revenue = €331.2m{{cite web|url=http://www.cegedel.lu/imperia/md/content/cegedel/cegedel-sa/rapport-annuel/rapport_2006_en.pdf |title=Annual Report 2006 |date=8 May 2007 |access-date=24 August 2007 |publisher=Cegedel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104302/http://www.cegedel.lu/imperia/md/content/cegedel/cegedel-sa/rapport-annuel/rapport_2006_en.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}
|num_employees = 500{{cite web |url=http://www.statistiques.public.lu/fr/publications/thematiques/Entreprises/principal_employeurs/princip_employeurs_taille/PDF_princip_entreprises_taille.pdf |title=Les principaux employeurs luxembourgeois |date=8 May 2007 |access-date=24 August 2007 |publisher=Statec |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070610224756/http://www.statistiques.public.lu/fr/publications/thematiques/Entreprises/principal_employeurs/princip_employeurs_taille/PDF_princip_entreprises_taille.pdf |archive-date = 10 June 2007|language=fr}}
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|defunct = 2009
|successor = Creos Luxembourg SA
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Cegedel S.A. (until 17 May 1997 the Compagnie Grand-Ducale d'Électricité du Luxembourg ({{langx|en|Grand Ducal Electricity Company of Luxembourg}})), was a Luxembourg company that distributed electricity. It operated under a concession written into the law under which it was formed, and distributed 70% of the electricity used in the country, amounting to 6,616 GWh.{{cite web|url=http://www.cegedel.lu/cegedel/cegedel-sa/profil/presentation.html |title=Présentation |access-date=24 August 2007 |publisher=Cegedel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807022331/http://www.cegedel.lu/cegedel/cegedel-sa/profil/presentation.html |archive-date=7 August 2007 |language=fr |url-status=dead }}
The Government of Luxembourg owned one-third of the company, which made it the largest single shareholder, followed by the 30.4% stake held by Luxempart-Energie,{{cite web|url=http://www.luxempart.lu/index.php?luxempart_participations_index |title=Principales participations |date=31 December 2006 |access-date=24 August 2007 |publisher=Luxempart |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705190608/http://www.luxempart.lu/index.php?luxempart_participations_index |archive-date=5 July 2007 |language=fr |url-status=dead }} with smaller stakes held by SNCI (12%) and Electrabel (8%). Shares of the company were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, of which it was one of the ten (and one of the seven Luxembourg-based) members of the main index, the LuxX Index
As a result of the European Union policy of liberalization of the energy market, Enovos Gruppe {{cite web |url=http://www.creos-net.lu/books/rapport_annuel/ra_gb_2009/files/assets/basic-html/page52.html|title=Creos Annual Report 2009|access-date=6 July 2014}} acquired Cegedel SA along with Soteg SA, the gas distributor, in 2009, and created a Luxembourg subsidiary, Creos Luxembourg, to distribute both gas and electricity.{{cite web |url=http://www.enovos.lu/en/enovos-luxembourg/the-company/snapshot |title=Corporate Structure |access-date=6 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190046/http://www.enovos.lu/en/enovos-luxembourg/the-company/snapshot |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}
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External links
- [http://www.creos-net.lu Creos Luxembourg SA, distributor, official website]
- [http://www.enovos.lu Enovos Luxembourg SA, generator and supplier, official web site]
- [http://www.enovos.eu Enovos International SA, the parent corporation]
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Category:Electric power companies of Luxembourg
Category:Energy companies established in 1928
Category:1928 establishments in Luxembourg
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